Last fall DD's allergist gave her a scratch test for almonds and peanuts. The almond was negative and the peanut was a small positive. He said that since it was small it could be a false positive so he was willing to do a food challenge with her. Since I'm allergic to peanuts and tree nuts (except almonds), we don't really have much in the house for her to be exposed to.

She had her food challenge a few weeks ago and she passed with flying colours. No adverse reactions. We're so happy because it opens up a whole world of food that had previously been off limits to her.

The allergist also did a RAST test for her dairy and egg allergies. They have both reduced significantly - egg white was 100+ and is now in the low 30s and dairy was in the 70s and is now in the 20s. I'm not sure what any of that means (her paediatrician gave me the info and didn't know how to interpret it) and am waiting for the allergist to call me about the results. But I would think that it is good news. I'm really hoping that she will outgrow these allergies and hopefully not develop any other ones.

I know technically she was never allergic to peanuts, since all we had was a scratch test with no exposures. But it is still a huge relief to know that we don't have to worry about that one major allergen.

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